William MurphyLONGMEADOW – Two Springfield men will be arraigned in Springfield District Court Monday after being arrested in Boston for a bank robbery in Longmeadow Thursday that yielded more than $300,000, police said.
Brothers Thomas Murphy, 22, and William Murphy, 23, armed with baseball bats and wearing masks, entered the TD Banknorth at 847 Williams St. at 7:55 p.m. They demanded money from the two bank tellers and fled in a Toyota Camry, police said.
Lt. Gary Fontaine said Monday that a sum of cash has been recovered. It’s not known, however, if the recovered cash represents all of the stolen money which Fontaine said was more than $300,000.
Thomas Murphy“We haven’t finalized the count,” Fontaine said.
Witnesses outside the bank called the police and the men were finally apprehended in the Kenmore Square section of Boston Saturday.
Fontaine, who was in Boston for the arrests, the two were arrested without incident.
One of the suspects was at Pizzeria Uno and the other was inside the Hotel Buckminster across the street, Fontaine said.